Note: This is only a preliminary listing or advance listing of sessions, there are usually over 100
different sessions to actually pick and choose from for persons attending the NGCRC Gang
Training Conference. Note also: The numbering sequence of sessions for this early version of
the 2019 curriculum is subject to change.

There are N = 85 sessions or courses as of this date listed below.

Last updated: 11 February 2019

(1) “Gang Threat Awareness: An Attempt to Assist with the Overall Violence Proofing of a
Learning Environment”, by Robert Mulvaney, M.A., Gang Specialist, NGCRC Staff.

What are some early signs of gang involvement that parents/teachers/counselors/juvenile
workers can become aware of? What can a parent/teacher/juvenile worker/others do? The
allure of the gang is very difficult to deal with. They will convince the newcomer that they are
family and they will protect them against rivals/bullies. This session will outline some steps in
recognizing gangs/threats in your unique environment and actions you can take to improve
overall safety.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

In this session attendees will learn about G.R.I.P., how and why it began, its evolution,

successes, and lessons learned. As background, G.R.I.P. is led by United States District Judge
Henry Autrey and also includes team members from the U.S. Attorneys Office, the U.S.
Probation Office, and the Federal Public Defenders Office, and a residential re-entry facility
representative. G.R.I.P. focuses on assisting former gang members reenter society, after serving
their term in prison. G.R.I.P. aims to assist participants in avoiding gang or other criminal
activity by providing access to education, employment and/or housing resources.

Bio

Anthony Franks is the United States Attorney’s Office Reentry Coordinator for the
Eastern District of Missouri. In addition to his work in prosecuting federal cases, Anthony also
works in four reentry courts. There, he focuses on assisting ex-offenders who have prior gang
affiliation, substance abuse or mental health challenges, reenter society from prison and become
productive law-abiding citizens. Anthony also assists in coordinating the office’s outreach work
with schools, non-profits, and other entities. Anthony is a graduate of the Howard University
School of Business (1993) and the Howard University School of Law (1998).

Considering everything from a fraternity to a church group, it is better to be in than out.
Animals and human beings alike are social and influenced by group norms, values, and
activities. From the outside looking in, mainstream America frequently questions why our youth
are drawn to gangs and criminal behavior.

This presentation is designed to develop a fundamental knowledge of the origins,
development, and continued prosperity of gangs and deviant subcultures. Attendees will receive
a broad overview of the major gang influences in today’s culture and why gangs, despite our best
efforts, continue to adapt and evolve while maintaining surprising influences on our youth and
adults. This introduction to gangs will serve as a foundation of knowledge upon which additional
presentations at the National Gang Crime Research Center will expand.

Bio

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

Murder is considered the most heinous crime of all. It inflicts the ultimate harm, whose
damage to the victim cannot be undone. When a loved one is murdered through gang violence,
the list of those harmed contains many secondary and tertiary victims as well. The trauma and
fear created by such a sudden, violent, and permanent loss lingers for years and, in fact, may
never be fully resolved for these victims. At the end of the course, participants should be able
to: (1) describe the differences in victimological science concerning primary, secondary, and
tertiary victims in a gang homicide, (2) recognize potential victimology-bashing and victim-blaming, (3) identify signs of deep trauma, PSD, unresolved guilt, and more, (4) understand the
role and effects of law enforcement and the criminal justice system on secondary and tertiary
victims of gang homicide. Prospective audience: school administrators, educators, community
leaders, policy makers, organizational leaders, counselors, nonprofit agencies, law enforcement,
criminal justice professionals, local volunteers, and activists.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

(5) “Prosecuting Gangs and Protecting Witnesses — How Can You do Both?”, by John
O’Rourke, Chief of the Gangs, Firearms and Narcotics Bureau, Westchester County District
Attorney’s Office, White Plains, NY.

This presentation will be a review of how to combat the “Stop Snitching” culture and the
utilization of laws which assist in protecting witnesses and lead to successful prosecutions when
witnesses have been intimidated and threatened. This presentation will discuss the use of certain
approaches to keep witnesses safe and to overcome the gang’s negative influence upon members
of the community.

Bio

John O’Rourke is the Chief of the Gangs, Firearms and Narcotics Bureau in the
Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, and has extensive experience in prosecuting
homicides and violent crimes relating to street gangs. He has worked in the Westchester County
District Attorney’s Office for over 17 years. Prior to that he worked in the New York County
District Attorney’s Office where he worked in the Trial Division handling a range of cases
including homicides and Asian Gang Prosecutions. He is a graduate of Albany Law School and
the State University of New York at Oneonta.

The relationship between psychopathy and long-term gang membership has been
established by a number of academic papers. This presentation will give an overview of
psychopathy before exploring its relationship to gang membership for a single sample from
adolescence to early adulthood, using longitudinal data from the Pathways to Desistance Study.
Finally, the presentation will explore the relationship between psychopathy and the offending
patterns of gang membership and will consider the implications of working with individuals who
have psychopathic traits.

Bios

Sally-Ann Ashton is a postgraduate researcher in the International Centre for
Investigative Psychology at University of Huddersfield and a Lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis
of Offending Behavior at Edge Hill University. In 2017 she was a recipient of a Frederic Milton
Thrasher Award for superior accomplishments in gang research. Sally-Ann has over 10 years of
experience of running training workshops in English prisons. The presentation is co-authored
with Dr. Maria Ioannou, a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Read in Investigative Psychology
and Course Director for the Msc in Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield.
Maria has been involved in the assessment of intervention programmes for reducing/preventing a
range of different forms of criminality. And Dr. Laura Hammond, Senior Lecturer and Assistant
Course Director for the Msc at the University of Huddersfield and who has worked with
academic groups, and law enforcement agencies around the world on a range of consultancy and
criminal legal cases.

It has been stated over and over again that those who control the prisons, control the
streets. Prison gangs remain a serious threat to personal safety through their intricate work while
incarcerated as well as their connections and counterparts on the streets. This presentation will
provide a visual tour of prison/street gang tattoos, group photographs, and confiscated material,
providing key intelligence to law enforcement, educators, researchers, and correctional staff.
Also included is a basic introduction to prison gang identification and gang activity in prison. A
brief investigation into the criminal personality and profile that underlies gang existence and
activities will be included. By focusing on the major prison gangs influencing our correctional
institutions today, it is intended that the participant will have a fundamental understanding of
prison gangs, their activities in prison, and reasons for their existence.

Bio:

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

Lake County, Illinois, like most of the rest of the nation, is experiencing an opiate
epidemic. The traditional law enforcement approach to illegal drugs focused on attacking the
supply of illegal drugs. Through aggressive investigation and prosecution of drug traffickers,
coupled with a community-wide collaborative approach which focuses on treatment and harm
reduction, Lake County is attempting to fight this crisis by simultaneously attacking supply and
demand.

Bio

Lake County State’s Attorney Michael G. Nerheim has extensive experience working in
all criminal divisions of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office. As a former assistant state’s
attorney and now as the Lake County State’s Attorney, his experience includes areas of complex
litigation, criminal defense and municipal law. Michael G. Nerheim demonstrates strong
leadership and business experience, and is heavily involved in the Lake County community.

Attendees will be introduced to the concept of historical/generational trauma and how
this form of trauma impacts communities, cultures, and the development of cognitive schemes.
The impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the link between it and historical/generational
trauma among Native Americans and minorities and the less recognized concept of
historical/generational trauma among law enforcement communities and gangs will be analyzed
and discussed. The concept of historical/generational trauma among law enforcement officers
and gang members will be used to evaluate the interaction of law enforcement officers and gang
members and to evaluate the success and failure of gang prevention, intervention, and
interdiction programs.

Bio

Dr. Philip J. Swift is a recognized gang expert and national lecturer. Dr. Swift recently
served as the Director of Security and the Commander of the Gang/Intelligence Unit and the K-9
Unit for the Denver Sheriff’s Department in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Swift also serves as an
adjunct instructor at the Denver Sheriff’s Department Training Academy where he teaches
Contraband Interdiction and Active Shooter Response as well as a wide variety of other courses
as needed. Dr. Swift is a published author and holds a Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology. Dr. Swift
is regularly sought out by law enforcement agencies, gang intervention/prevention groups, and
community organizations to lecture about gang culture, police culture, gang intervention, jail
culture, and jail based criminal activity/investigations. Dr. Swift is currently the City Marshall
in Fort Worth, TX.

Designed to address issues underlying criminal behavior, the number of specialty courts
in the United States has increased significantly in the last decade. Many jurisdictions have
developed drug courts and mental health courts; however, few have developed gang courts. This
session will discuss strategies and steps necessary to implement a gang court; from building
consensus amongst stakeholders and assembling a planning team to identifying the appropriate
program resources and program evaluation. At the end of this session, participants should be
able to: (1) define the key components of a gang court, (2) become familiar with evidence-based
best practices currently used in established gang courts, (3) identify funding sources, and (4)
recognize the potential challenges and opportunities of starting a gang court.

Bio

Kenya Tyson, JD is the Associate Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers, the
State University of New Jersey. She specializes in criminal law, restorative justice, crime
prevention, and race and inequality, and has two decades of experience as an educator,
administrator, and criminal justice practitioner. Kenya also served as the Director of Training
and Technical Assistance for Project Safe Neighborhoods, the US Department of Justice’s anti-gang initiative and has consulted on several DOJ projects working with jurisdictions across the
nation on crime prevention and procedural justice initiatives. In addition to teaching and
consulting, she sits on the Board of Directors for the Garden State Bar Association and the
Community Justice Advisory Board for Essex County (NJ) Prosecutor’s Office. Kenya holds a
JD from Delaware Law School, a MA in Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati, and a
BA in Political Science from Winston Salem State University.

Attendees will learn how to assemble individual acts of gang violence, often seemingly
isolated and unrelated incidents, and join them into a single multi-defendant gang prosecution
under state conspiracy law. Attendees will learn the methodology employed in NYC to combat
gang violence — incorporating homicides, shootings, robberies, firearm sales and possession,
and narcotics offenses, with evidence derived from court-authorized wiretaps, social media and
recorded jail telephone calls, and confidential sources — and the history of success NY has had
in reducing gang related homicides and non-fatal shootings using this methodology.

Bio

As the top gun and gang prosecutor in New York City from 2010 to 2018, Chris
supervised an elite unit of experienced prosecutors, investigative analysts and police detectives
responsible for the dismantling of sophisticated criminal enterprises, including gun traffickers,
major narcotics organizations, and criminal street gangs. In 2010, he developed a new
methodology designed to reduce over-incarceration and improve the safety and quality of life in
and around public housing in NYC. Now adopted by the NYPD, the DA’s offices of NYC, and
numerous police departments and prosecutor’s offices across the country, this program was
designed to reduce gun violence by identifying, targeting and prosecuting the most significant
criminal offenders, leading to dramatic reductions in homicides and non-fatal shootings. This
methodology resulted in carefully targeted, large-scale, long-term, multi-defendant prosecutions
under New York State’s conspiracy statutes against violence neighborhood-based street crews,
which became the NYPD’s “Operation Crew Cut”. The program has been recognized by the last
three New York City Police Commissioners as the key to the historic reduction in homicides and
violent crime.

This class is part 1 of a 2 part series. It serves as a starting point for understanding crime
analysis, specifically, analytical mapping techniques as applied to gangs. Topics covered in this
class: the evolution of crime analysis and mapping from the 1800s to present; intelligence levels,
divisions, and processes; and the roles and responsibilities of analysts, administrators, and police
officers. See the other two parts of this 3 part series.

Bios

D. Lee Gilbertson teaches at Saint Cloud State University. He has studied gangs since
1995 and has presented research papers at numerous national and international conferences. Lee
has participated in every iteration of the NGCRC gang school since it began, often bringing
undergraduate and graduate students with him. He is a 2002 and 2005 recipient of the Frederic
Milton Thrasher Award and is a reviewing editor of the Journal of Gang Research. Lee has
collaborated on a professional level with several criminal justice agencies in Minnesota. His
background in spatio-temporal analysis includes 15 years of military service as an infantry
officer and as a signals intelligence analyst. Before returning to college, Lee worked briefly as a
defense contractor instructing all-source intelligence collection asset management on a computer
system that greatly utilized mapping techniques.

Kristopher B.E.Hansgen is a graduate student at Saint Cloud State University in the
Master of Science criminal justice program. He is an NGCRC certified gang specialist (2012)
and has previously assisted teaching the Spatio-Temporal Gang Analysis classes at the NGCRC
“Gang College”. His background includes a B.A. degree from Saint Cloud State University,
where he double-majored in Criminal Justice and Psychology and minored in Forensic Science.
Kris wrote two final academic research papers. He is employed in the Public Safety Department
at Saint Cloud State University as a Patrol Operations Officer and Dispatch Officer. Kris has
studied crime analysis and crime mapping since 2010, and is a member of the International
Association of Crime Analysts.

This course will not only assist the attendee with recognition skills, it will provide an
opportunity to analyze different scenarios to develop the skills of a graffiti detective!

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

(15) “The Role of Primary Prevention and a Public Health Approach in an Anti-Gang
Strategy”, by Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D., Special Executive to the Board and Chief Learning
Officer, Gang Alternatives Program; Director, Gangfree Life Academy®; Chair, UCLA/RAND
Prevention Research CAB; Los Angeles, CA.

Recent findings by a joint investigation by the US Office of Justice Programs and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate it is time to change course and focus on
primary prevention as the foundation of an anti-gang program. The tactics of primary prevention
require careful implementation of evidence-based best practices that work well in collaboration
with local schools, gang intervention programs, and law enforcement. Primary gang prevention
focuses on proven successful models that leave little room for freelancing; rather, deep
awareness of childhood predictors, major risk factors, and the best practices for gang prevention
education lead to major success. At the end of the course, participants should be able to: (1)
identify and understand the Public Health Model, (2) utilize the Social-Ecological Model in
dealing with the entire gang prevention challenge, (3) understand the insidious, infectious, virus-like nature of the epidemic of violence, (4) identify quickly and correctly the hierarchy of risk
factors, (5) identify quickly and correctly the most effective protective factors, and (6) create a
basic plan for primary prevention in their communities. Prospective audience: school
administrators, educators, community leaders, policy makers, organizational leaders, counselors,
nonprofit agencies, law enforcement, criminal justice professionals, local volunteers, and
activists.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

Restriction: Attendance of this class is restricted to law enforcement/corrections staff,
probation/parole officers, and judicial investigators.

Abstract

During this block of instruction attendees will learn about the types and sources of gang
information and intelligence that are available to law enforcement officers and investigators
from jail and corrections based intelligence units as well as the legality of requesting and using
such information. Attendees will be introduced to tactics and techniques that “street” officers
can use to increase the likelihood of a suspects divulging criminal intelligence while
incarcerated. Attendees will also be introduced to techniques and tactics that jail and
correctional staff can use to groom informants and gather credible intelligence. A case study of
the 211 Crew organized crime indictment in Denver, Colorado will be used to highlight the
value of correctional intelligence and corroboration with jail/correctional staff. The positive and
negative “take aways” of the 211 Crew indictment and prosecution, from an intelligence
standpoint, will also be discussed.

Bio

Dr. Philip J. Swift is a recognized gang expert and national lecturer. Dr. Swift served as
the Director of Security and the Commander of the Gang/Intelligence Unit and the K-9 Unit for
the Denver Sheriff’s Department in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Swift also serves as an adjunct
instructor at the Denver Sheriff’s Department Training Academy where he teaches Contraband
Interdiction and Active Shooter Response as well as a wide variety of other courses as needed.
Dr. Swift is a published author and holds a Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology. Dr. Swift is regularly
sought out by law enforcement agencies, gang intervention/prevention groups, and community
organizations to lecture about gang culture, police culture, gang intervention, jail culture, and
jail based criminal activity/investigations. Dr. Swift is currently the City Marshall in Fort Worth,
TX.

(17) “A Brief Introduction to Some of the Basics of Midwest Graffiti Identification and
Analysis: An Instructional Workshop (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series)”, by Robert Mulvaney,
M.A., Gang Specialist, NGCRC Staff.

This course will not only assist the attendee with recognition skills, it will provide an
opportunity to analyze different scenarios to develop the skills of a graffiti detective! This
session will assist the attendee to understand Midwest graffiti.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

Many benefits stem from having a cooperative surveillance system in place to monitor
gang members at bars and nightclubs. Bar, restaurant, and club owners do not want the violence
that can come from gang members, so they are usually very cooperative. This session describes
a community based gang prevention initiative that promotes public safety by denying members
of gangs and organised crime group’s entry to bars and restaurants in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Bar Watch and Restaurant Watch in partnership with the Vancouver Police and the
CFSEU Gang Task Force have significantly reduced the gang violence around participating
clubs and restaurants through partnership and exclusion policies. An examination of recent legal
statutes and applicability to United States jurisdictions will be discussed. In addition, an
examination of the spread of this program in other parts of Canada including legislative change
to embody the program in statute. The program has been credited with reducing shootings and
decreasing public fear. During this session the audience will also be given some background
information about the gang situation in British Columbia and police efforts to combat it. Could
some version of this program work in your community? Attend this session and find out.

Bio

Keiron holds a Doctorate Degree in Policing, Security and Community Safety from
Metropolitan London University, a Masters of Science Degree in Policing and Public Order
Studies from the University of Leicester, a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the Open
University of British Columbia, a Diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University and
a Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from Royal Roads University. This academic
achievement come with 29 years of operational experience with the last 15 years exclusively in
gang suppression with a variety of police gang units. Keiron has provided consulting services
that included the Royal Saudi Arabian Police and the Peoples Republic of China Police. He has
instructed at the JIBC-Police Academy for three years in Professional Patrol Tactics and
continues as a guest lecturer. In addition, he is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University where he teaches Organized Crime. He is a regular guest instructor for the policing
program at Simon Fraser University and is the author of the textbook “Legal and Regulatory
Influences for Public Safety Communications”.

The Criminal Mind; is it biology, sociology, psychology, or choice? This presentation
will dive deep into the mind of the criminal and the criminal gang member. The concepts of
Sociopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Psychopathy serve as the framework for this
exploration. Candid interviews and videotaped vignettes will illustrate some of the thought
processes that have served these individuals in forsaking others to get their individual needs met.
Attendees will examine how the criminal mind operates and how such individuals have managed
to manipulate even the most innocent of victims. Perhaps even more importantly, law
enforcement and mental health professionals will learn ways to protect themselves against con
games and strategies utilized by this profile.

Bio:

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

In this session attendees will learn about proven grassroots programs, gang peace to
street peace, intervention, prevention, mediation, outreach and case management strategies and
methodologies. These methods were applied to both hooked and unhooked (parole, probation,
ankle bracelet), younger and older, male and female, gang involved populations in Boston, MA.
Attendees will gain a better understanding of the underclass subculture.

Bio

Rev. Rodney E. Dailey is the architect of two successful gang prevention, intervention,
mediation programs in the city of Boston, MA which operated for 20 years independent of the
police department, and was later identified as part of the miracle when there were no murders
for two years in Boston – 24 months in a row. Rodney is a published author (Gang Peace to
Street Peace, The Untold Story of Research and Applied Proven Methods of Grass Roots
Organizations). He believes faith-based initiatives must be applied strategically to the social
problem of gang violence, especially when law enforcement is involved. Rodney organized the
first march for gang violence in Boston and helped organized the first national gang summit in
Kansas City, receiving over 90 awards from local and national organizations and governments.
The 43rd President of the United States awarded him and the Gang Peace Program the 1000th
Point of Light Presidential Award. The program was later re-awarded by the 44th President of
the United States, President Obama. He completed a fellowship at MIT’s Department of Urban
Studies and Planning, and another at Northeastern University’s Law institute and is an Otto
Snowden fellow. He earned a Bachelors in Human Service Management from the University of
Massachusetts Boston and is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal church, the
largest black organization in the world, and serves as a ministerial staff member of St. Paul
AME in Cambridge, MA. Rev. Rodney is the architect of Prayer Changes Things Ministry that
bless blocks weekly in communities of violence, believing God is in control encouraging those
who know the power of prayer to pray for peace and longevity of life - for all people.

Using data from the Pathways to Desistance Study, this session will explore the
psychological and environmental risk factors associated with female gang members in a sample
of 28 participants with a mean age of 16.08 (range between 14 and 18 years of age). The
presentation will also consider crime patterns of the sample, and the extent to which their
offending differs from their non-gang affiliated counterparts. The session will inform those
working with young women who are at risk of gang membership, mental health professionals,
and those planning targeted interventions for female gang members.

Bios

Sally-Ann Ashton is a postgraduate researcher in the International Centre for
Investigative Psychology at University of Huddersfield and a Lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis
of Offending Behavior at Edge Hill University. In 2017 she was a recipient of a Frederic Milton
Thrasher Award for superior accomplishments in gang research. Sally-Ann has over 10 years of
experience of running training workshops in English prisons. The presentation is co-authored
with Dr. Maria Ioannou, a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Read in Investigative Psychology
and Course Director for the Msc in Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield.
Maria has been involved in the assessment of intervention programmes for reducing/preventing a
range of different forms of criminality.

In today’s tight economy, the majority of police agencies are assigning graffiti vandalism
investigations to their street gang or special investigations units. In this session, participants will
learn how to distinguish street gang graffiti from taggers’ graffiti, understand the basic graffiti
tags and their variations, and the subcultural protocols that govern them. This is part one of a
two part course sequence.

MS-13 has spread across the country. This workshop will look at various ways the group
uses symbols, tattoos, graffiti and horrific displays of violence (including murder and violent
acts including dismemberment). Participants will be broken into smaller groups and encouraged
to discuss/list ways to combat this activity in our communities. This will not be a political
discussion, but an open group discussion to solicit ideas on appropriate ways to combat the
violence this group lends itself to.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, prole officer and STG specialist in addition,
he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has been a
member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

(24) “Why Young People Join Gangs”, by Dr. Barry S. McCrary, Ed.D., Associate Professor,
School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, Western Illinois University, Macomb,
IL.

The attempt to improve gang awareness issues requires the promotion of an investigative
perspective for criminal justice practitioners which combines both the provision of a service
designed to manage behaviors, as well as learning about the motive for joining a gang. Thus, in
order to further enhance our knowledge about the motive for joining a gang, this study
conducted a survey open to the public about youth gangs in the United States, and reasons why
young people join gangs. This paper will discuss the findings of that survey, which should also
contribute towards the identification of factors involved in joining gangs and help in formulating
treatment modalities.

Bios

Dr. McCrary is currently an associate professor at Western Illinois University (WIU)
teaching in the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. Prior to WIU he worked
for Juvenile Court and in the field of juvenile justice in Pittsburgh, PA, for over twenty years.
Dr. McCrary worked as a program supervisor, where he was responsible for counseling,
designing, implementing and monitoring a progressive treatment program. Other
responsibilities include supervision of the probation officers, probation counselors, and drug and
alcohol counselors. His responsibilities also include parent training, life skill training, and
research in the area of criminal behavior. He is also the founder of Maleness to Manhood Inc, a
non profit, faith based organization. The purpose of this organization is to improve the
educational and social developmental needs of inner-city youth by promoting the importance of
an education and designing, implementing and developing progressive programming for urban
youth, particularly African American males.

This session is an introduction to the various Separatist, Racist, and Extremist Groups
(SREGs) in the United States today. The instructors review the founders, origins, beliefs,
practices, past and current activities, and significant symbology (e.g., phrases, graffiti, and
dates). Call them “Hate Groups” is too simplistic and does not capture the complexity of the
problem. The instructors discuss groups that are based on religious belief, political ideology, or
racial views.

Bios

D. Lee Gilbertson teaches at Saint Cloud State University as a professor in the
Department of Criminal Justice. He has studied gangs since 1995 and has presented research
papers at numerous national and international conferences. Lee has participated in every
iteration of the NGCRC gang school since it began, often bringing undergraduate and graduate
students with him. He is a 2002 and 2005 recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award and
is a reviewing editor of the Journal of Gang Research. Lee has collaborated on a professional
level with several criminal justice agencies in Minnesota. His background in spatio-temporal
analysis includes 15 years of military service as an infantry officer and as a signals intelligence
analyst. Before returning to college, Lee worked briefly as a defense contractor instructing all-source intelligence collection asset management on a computer system that greatly utilized
mapping techniques.

James A. Anderson is a Deputy State Fire Marshal in Minnesota and a State Fire
Inspector. He is a fire science instructor with the Fire and Emergency Education Department at
Saint Cloud Technical College. He has participated as an evaluator in numerous state level fire
service certification board examinations throughout the State of Minnesota. James has
presented and taught at several Minnesota state fire school conferences. James is a second
generation firefighter and has been an active member in the fire service since 1993 as both
civilian and military (8 years active duty Air Force Firefighter). Along with years of firefighting
experience he has obtained both his M.S. and B.A. in Criminal Justice from Saint Cloud State
University and an A.A.S. in Fire Science from the Community College of the Air Force, all of
which have an emphasis on forensic fire science and arson investigation. James was awarded
the Arnold Sibet Award for Outstanding service to the Crystal Fire Department and was awarded
the Air Force’s Outstanding Unit Award with Valor while serving as a firefighter during his first
deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom. Recently James was
awarded the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for the year 2012 for Superior Research.

The impact of violent and dangerous gang culture is examined through the lens of a
Public Health Crisis in American Society. As in any epidemic, primary prevention is the first
step, and it is the most effective step in any anti-gang strategy. This session identifies the
clinical, demographic, and cultural factors that create and incubate the pathologies that lead to
gang joining and gang violence in a community. At the end of the course, participants should be
able to: (1) understand why high risk behaviors are prevalent in violent, gang infested areas, (2)
track the nine progressions of harsh reality that affect children in these communities, (3) identify
the five pathological adaptations made by children in these communities, (4) get a basic
understanding of the hierarchy of risk factors, (5) get a basic understanding of major protective
factors, and (6) get a basic understanding of the benefits of primary prevention programs.
Prospective audience: school administrators, educators, community leaders, policy makers,
organizational leaders, counselors, nonprofit agencies, law enforcement, criminal justice
professionals, local volunteers, and activists.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

The times are a changing and the bikers are changing with the times. Bikers and OMG
members have adopted new technologies into their way of doing business at a much faster rate
than many other gangs and even faster than many in law enforcement. This presentation looks at
the changing situation, practices and tactics within the biker community and how it reacts to law
enforcement.

Bios

Dr. Gregg W. Etter Sr., Ed.D. is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of
Central Missouri. He retired as a Lieutenant with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office after
serving from 1977 to 2006. He is rated as a gang expert by the National Gang Crime Research
Center. He has written extensively and presented classes on gangs, white supremacist groups
and police management topics in the United States and Canada. Dr. Etter earned his Bachelor’s
and Master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Doctorate degree from Oklahoma
State University. Dr. Etter is the author of numerous books, book chapters, edited and refereed
articles. His latest book is: Gangs and Organized Crime which he authored with Dr. George W.
Knox and Dr. Carter F. Smith.

Stacia N. Pottorff, earned her Bachelors of Science degree with honors in Criminal
Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is currently a graduate student working on her
Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is employed as an
analyst at the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She was a recipient of several UCM
Undergraduate Research Grants.

This session will discuss how successful early non-verbal/verbal de-escalation can be
achieved to prevent a major crisis within a juvenile detention or residential setting. The
instructor has 24 years of experience in working with at-risk juveniles in a wide variety of
settings: acute care psychiatric, pediatric child care, private childcare, and juvenile justice. He is
a certified instructor for Safe Crisis Management.

Bio

William A. Campbell is the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Training Academy
Branch Manager. With 25 years of working with at-risk/adjudicated teens in numerous settings
ranging from acute care psychiatric, private residential treatment and group home & juvenile
justice detentions. Originally, a Chicago native, William attended Western Illinois University
where he received his Bachelors in Communications. After leaving W.I.U in 1985, served in the
US Army and a tour of duty in Kuwait for Desert Storm as a member of the 101st Airborne (Air
Assault) Division and was honorably discharged in February 1993. In March of 1993 William
began his career working with at-risk/adjudicated adolescents in an acute care psychiatric
hospital. In 1998 he began working with Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. William later
joined the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice’s Training Branch in 2007 where he has
specialized in gangs / security threat groups. He has assisted and taught new employees during
academy training. In early 2009, certified as an expert in Gang Specialist. In 2010, he received
the DJJ Professional Development Employee of the Year award. In 2010, he became a Trainer
for Trainers at the National Gang Crime Research Center. William currently resides in
Elisabethtown, Kentucky and is a member of the Juvenile Justice Alternative to Detention
Initiative Committee.

Although rarely discussed and infrequently acknowledged, burnout is a common
phenomenon. This course is developed for law enforcement and related audiences to explore the
unique and rarely understood stressors inherent in this career arena. The theoretical
underpinnings of burnout will be introduced, including exploration into the physiological and
psychological processes of this experience. Attendees will then be presented with responses,
research, and new tactics that have been developed to help advance resilience and coping skills
development. This course is vital for everyone, whether novice or seasoned veteran, because
burnout will affect all professionals, either directly or indirectly. Participants will leave with
practical knowledge which may add years to their career and longevity.

Bio:

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

This session provides an introductory level examination of investigating gangs in the
dark networks of the world wide web. We will review two case examples: 1. Ross Ulbrict- Silk
Road Creator (illicit drug sales on the net), and 2. Matthew Falder - Gumtree Pedophile. In tis
session you will learn how gangs are using the net, and the development of networks inside the
web. Also covered is a comparison between cyber gangs and “traditional” gangs, examples
including: 1. The ‘Black Death Group’; 2. The UN investigation into connections between
Central American Gangs and Drug Cartels; and 3. Organ Trafficking/Traffickers on the web
(using the example from Pakistan). Attend this session to find out what we know and what to
look for in your searches. Learn about TOR and other protection software used to hide inside
the web, ho do you combat anonymity network software, and the things you need to be aware of
as you work in this area. We will also provide you with a list of key terms and resources to help
facilitate successful investigations.

Bios

Andy Bain is Director of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Mount Union,
Ohio, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Offender Behavior, a Msc. Criminal Justice and a Graduate
Diploma in Psychology. Andy has authored, and edited numerous books, chapters, and articles,
on the outlaw motorcycle gangs; law enforcement and technology; and, professional risk
working with mental health, social care, and criminal justice, publishing with a number of
leading international academic and professional journals. His professional background includes
four years with the National Probation Service (England & Wales) and six years running a
successful Criminal Justice Consultancy Group, providing guidance and advice to law
enforcement agencies and correctional bodies. This, in turn led to the publication of a number
of local and national policing and corrections reports.

(31) “Understanding and Preparation for the Interview of a Suspected Gang/Threat Group
Member: A Workshop on Asking, Listening and Assessing Information”, by Robert
Mulvaney, M.A., Gang Specialist, NGCRC Staff.

This session will be in the form of a workshop to facilitate discussion on the importance of
being prepared, asking the right questions, listening skills to understand what is really being
said, and understanding the importance of the gang debriefing process.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

This session provides for an analysis and discussion of the findings from research
examining current knowledge and understanding of gangs and the people who join them. We
make use of theoretical and practical examples to explore the relationship between what we
know, what we understand and how we can best move forward for the future. The importance of
such a discussion is evidenced through our dedication to protect those that may become victims,
and to create safer communities.

Bios

Andy Bain is Director of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Mount Union,
Ohio, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Offender Behavior, a Msc. Criminal Justice and a Graduate
Diploma in Psychology. Andy has authored, and edited numerous books, chapters, and articles,
on the outlaw motorcycle gangs; law enforcement and technology; and, professional risk
working with mental health, social care, and criminal justice, publishing with a number of
leading international academic and professional journals. His professional background includes
four years with the National Probation Service (England & Wales) and six years running a
successful Criminal Justice Consultancy Group, providing guidance and advice to law
enforcement agencies and correctional bodies. This, in turn led to the publication of a number
of local and national policing and corrections reports.

Keiron holds a Doctorate Degree in Policing, Security and Community Safety from
Metropolitan London University, a Masters of Science Degree in Policing and Public Order
Studies from the University of Leicester, a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the Open
University of British Columbia, a Diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University and
a Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from Royal Roads University. This academic
achievement come with 29 years of operational experience with the last 15 years exclusively in
gang suppression with a variety of police gang units. Keiron has provided consulting services
that included the Royal Saudi Arabian Police and the Peoples Republic of China Police. He has
instructed at the JIBC-Police Academy for three years in Professional Patrol Tactics and
continues as a guest lecturer. In addition, he is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University where he teaches Organized Crime. He is a regular guest instructor for the policing
program at Simon Fraser University and is the author of the textbook “Legal and Regulatory
Influences for Public Safety Communications”.

(33) “Gangs in the Caribbean”, by Dr. Janice Joseph, professor, Criminal Justice Program,
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

In the last decade, several Caribbean countries have experienced an alarmingly high
growth in gang-related violence. These gangs have become Carribean gangs and are now an
international concern because of their involvement in drug and arms trafficking going through
various transshipment countries. They are also major security threats to some countries in the
Caribbean. Some of these Caribbean states are addressing the gang problem through improved
policing and law enforcement and through initiating social projects with an emphasis on public
health. This presentation will examine the nature and extent of gangs in the Caribbean and
attempts to deal with these gangs.

Bio

Janice Joseph, Ph.D. is a professor of the Criminal Justice Program at Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey. She is the Editor for Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. She
earned her Ph.D. degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the
book: Black Youths, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice; and she co-edited the book With Justice
for All: Minorities and Women in Criminal Justice; and she has published numerous articles on
delinquency, gangs, violence against women, and minorities and crime. She has earned a
Frederic Thrasher Award for her research on gangs and has successfully completed several gang
specialist training programs at the National Gang Crime Research Center.

Participants will learn how to apply tools and measurement to street groups for research
and investigative purposes. The instructor will also address similarities and differences between
street gangs, writer-based and artist-based graffiti crews.

Efforts to address and deter at-risk youth from the lure of gang involvement have
received lots of attention and support (Krohn, Schmidt, et al, 2011; Krohn, Ward, et al, 2011;
Olate et al, 2011). Young people involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice system are at
greater risk for gang involvement (Postlethwait et al, 2010; Tonmyr et al, 2011). Mentoring has
evidenced efficacy with at-risk youth. Veterans because of their experiences in the theatre of
war can lend a unique perspective and experience to the mentoring relationship with gang-involved youth. In essence, veterans can play a significant role in communities plagued with the
ills of gang membership, which often undermines the functioning and productivity of many
towns and cities. This segment of training will demonstrate how through programming, at-risk
youth can facilitate positive changes in their lives: be diverted from further criminal activity,
reduce recidivism, and learn proactive/prosocial skills.

Bio

Dr. Michelle Baker, has extensive experience in directing programs geared towards
reducing recidivism. Dr. Baker has conducted research to assist public schools reintegrate
adolescent African American males post incarceration. She is the Executive Director of VETTS
(Veterans Empowering Teens Through Support), Inc. A mentoring organization that matches
honorably discharged veterans with identified gang associated youth. The VETTS program
provides a supportive one-on-one relationship to the youth within their community 24 hours/7
days a week. She is also an Educational Advisor for Naugatuck Valley Community College,
preparing high school students for post-secondary education.

(36) “Modern Policing - Under Fire: The Fall of Rome: The end of law enforcement as we
know it?”, by Todd D. Negola, Psy.D., Gang Consultant, NGCRC.

Arguably, modern law enforcement is under attack and potentially facing extinction, as
we know it. Sociological trends such as Black Lives Matter, viral videos, the Ferguson Effect,
the “thin blue line” administrative philosophies combined with preliminary hard data about
dwindling enrollment, low morale, scapegoating and politician “policing” are setting the stage
for the fall of modern policing. The fall of Rome was largely attributed to systemic factors that
are largely mimicked by our present political culture. Could this spell the demise of modern
policing? This presentation intends to explore the psychological and sociological risk fac tors
for policing as we know it.

Bio

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

This presentation covers the direct and indirect costs associated with dropping out of
school and joining a gang in greater Los Angeles. With data gathered by the Los Angeles
Unified School District, California State University Northridge, and Northeastern University, th
California Legislative Analyst’s Office, LAPD, and more, a comprehensive study of the true
costs emerges. Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to: (1) identify the
intangible human, societal, and economic costs, (2) identify the tangible costs to the criminal
justice system, the penal system, victims, government, and business, (3) recount a case study of a
family affiliated with the 18th Street Gang, (4) describe the effectiveness of prevention,
intervention, and suppression in economic, ethical, and moral terms. Prospective audience:
school administrators, educators, community leaders, policy makers, organizational leaders,
counselors, nonprofit agencies, law enforcement, criminal justice professionals, local volunteers,
and activists.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

In 2017 and 2018, I served as Cleveland’s first Chief of Prevention, Intervention, and
Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults. This citywide strategic plan promotes wellness and
resiliency among those exposed to interpersonal violence and decades of structural violence.
This strategic plan allows individuals and the community to thrive despite adverse conditions
and relies on a public health model. Attendees will learn how Cleveland is implementing this
strategic plan. Also, they will learn to understand violence, how it spreads from individuals to
whole communities, forming a sustainable and violent paradigm. Finally, attendees will learn
what can be done to create sustainable, safe, and healthy neighborhoods.

Bio

I was an instructor at Harvard Law School, Northeastern University School of Criminal
Justice, and Case Western Reserve University Law School. From 1982 to 2013, I served as an
AUSA in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and Cleveland, directed over 1,000 criminal
investigations and litigated 80 federal criminal trials and numerous federal appeals. From 2013
to 2016, I served as the First Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Chief of the Juvenile
Division, and Director of Juvenile Crime Prevention; where I launched created a juvenile gang
unit, successfully investigating and prosecuting over 300 gang members. In 2017 to present I
served as Cleveland’s first Chief of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunity for Youth and
Young Adults leveraging over $1 million to launch a series of initiatives and opportunities for
Cleveland.

This session is designed to related a 4 year strategy that has proven results in arresting
and prosecuting gang members and violent offenders as well as solving closed cases. I wills tart
from the beginning with forming a S.R.T. (Shooting Response Team) within a Gang Unit,
Detective Bureau, or Street Violence Unit and explain their mission and goals. Then I will walk
through how to take a closed case or case with uncooperative victims or witnesses using
probation, prosecutors office, grand jury, etc. Also relate criminal statutes that other
jurisdictions may have.

Bio

I am a 26 year veteran of the Worcester Police Department with a B.A. in Criminal
Justice from Curry College. I have presented at the following: 2006 U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe
Neighborhood Seminar, Boston; 2006 Panelist U.S. Dept. Of Justice Gang Survey; 2011
Massachusetts Education Opportunity Association; 2013 U.S. Attorney’s Conference on Gang
Violence, Marlboro, MA.

Special Note: 5pm-6pm in the Millenium Park Room, Monday, August 5, 2019. You
need a ticket for the event, you get the ticket by signing up for it on your registration form. The
ticket will be waiting for you in your registration packet you receive when you pick up your
conference ID credentials.

Special Procedure for Sign Up: You need to check the “box” on your registration form in
order to qualify to attend this event. It is a “ticketed” event. You get the ticket by signing up
for it on the registration form itself or by using the ticket request form at the website, or by
sending in a request to that effect..

Abstract

The gang intervention/prevention reception is a special event at the NGCRC and it has a
long history of also being a valuable networking session. Come hear some analysis of the
current state of affairs in gang prevention and learn about some people who are really making a
difference in the world. This is also the time and venue in which the “NGCRC Spirit of
Excellence Awards” are made. There are also door prizes in a random drawing based on your
ticket to the event. You need to have a ticket to attend this event. The only way to get a ticket is
to sign up for it in advance on the registration form itself.

Bios

Doug Semark, Ph.D. has been a nonprofit leader for more than three decades, including
16 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program in Los Angeles County. He
provides professional development in the area of gang prevention to the LAUSD K-12 school
counselors; serves in various advisory capacities with local law enforcement, including LAPD
and LASD; works on various city and county agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding; and works actively with nationally-known academic institutions and
corporations to improve the quality of life, health, and equity for kids and families in gang-controlled and violent communities.

In this session you will learn about using gang data from their membership roles, who is
an associate, who is a full fledged member, who is a leader, etc. Gangs maintain their roll calls
on phones, emails, social media, and other forms. In 2003, the presenter published his first
findings about the value of these roll calls for investigative and research purposes. This session
will describe some of those findings and more.

Traditional interviewing and communication protocols are commonly successful with
those who do not frequent criminal circles. However, when dealing with “experienced criminal
gangsters,” they are well prepared to elude even the best interviewer/interrogator. Whether you
are a mental health professional, an educator, intelligence analyst, or a law enforcement officer,
being up-to-date on how to conduct an interview with the most savvy of criminally minded is the
most essential tool.

This seminar is intended to explore the concept of Tactical Interviewing (TI). TI is a
concept being developed and researched by the National Gang Crime Research Center to better
aide those who deal directly with the criminally savvy gangster. Tactical Interviewing involves
an exploration in Forensic Psychology, Criminal Profiling, and Lie Detection that are combined
to illustrate the taxonomies most commonly seen of a liar. With a better understanding of how
the criminal mind works and how they develop their lies, you are better equipped to confront
them successfully and more productively.

Bio

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

Attendees will gain a generalized understanding of the different gang classifications,
structures, and organizations. A historical/political/economic lens will be used to introduce
attendees to gang cultural and common cognitive schemes used by gang members to justify their
criminal actions. The impact of social norms on the way gangs, gang activity, and gang members
are perceived by law enforcement officers, gang intervention/prevention professionals, and the
public will be explored. Additionally, the way gang members perceive law enforcement, gang
intervention/prevention professionals will also be examined and the reality of these perceptions
will be used to discuss the successes and failures of gang prevention, intervention, and
interdiction programs.

Bio

Dr. Philip J. Swift is a recognized gang expert and national lecturer. Dr. Swift is served
as the Director of Security and the Commander of the Gang/Intelligence Unit and the K-9 Unit
for the Denver Sheriff’s Department in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Swift also serves as an adjunct
instructor at the Denver Sheriff’s Department Training Academy where he teaches Contraband
Interdiction and Active Shooter Response as well as a wide variety of other courses as needed.
Dr. Swift is a published author and holds a Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology. Dr. Swift is regularly
sought out by law enforcement agencies, gang intervention/prevention groups, and community
organizations to lecture about gang culture, police culture, gang intervention, jail culture, and
jail based criminal activity/investigations. Dr. Swift is currently the City Marshall in Fort Worth,
TX.

(44) “How to Develop, Select and Train a Diverse STG Intelligence Team in a Jail/Prison
Environment”, by Robert Mulvaney, M.A., Gang/Specialist, NGCRC Staff..

This course will prepare staff to assist administrators as they cannot be everywhere all the
time. Participants will learn how to present information and intelligence and develop a highly
skilled and diverse team of Gang Intelligence staff.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

This session is a beginning effort to give former community agents of destruction a
chance to eventually return to the community as builders of bridges torn down by fear, violence,
death, and insurmountable sorrow. Their belief systems and ensuing behaviors, affect their
ability to interpret and manage life’s circumstances appropriately. This distorts their cognitive
ability to reason within any pro-social constructs. Their brains have been thoroughly transformed
and recruited into a world which resulted in anti-social behaviors and thinking that has
unfortunately become their norm. This distortion in thinking has often resulted in years, perhaps
decades of aligning themselves with extreme negativity and denial to merely survive. Their
thinking and behaviors are often characterized by many addictions which can include but are not
limited to drugs, alcohol, gambling and co-dependency just to name a few. Therefore this project
of a staff facilitated peer support group allows all of the above to be addressed in a non invasive
environment over time while still in prison, providing confidential rapport, open sharing,
support, and mutual commitment from staff and participants as well.

Bio

Hailing from Houston Texas, a mother of two, and grandmother of 5, Veronica Williams
worked as a chemical plant process operator from 1977 to 2001. After re-creating herself in the
employment arena as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in 2003, Veronica enrolled in
college at age fifty. Earning her Bachelor’s of Science degree with a concentration in Human
Services from Springfield College, Houston Campus, in December 2010. Veronica began taking
Master’s courses with a concentration in Organizational Management and Leadership of Human
Services in January of 2011 and was conferred her Master of Science degree in December 2016.
She moved to Huntsville, Texas to take a position as the Supervisor of the Gang Renouncement
and Dissociation (G.R.A.D.) Process at the O.B. Ellis Unit on December 6, 2012. Ms. Williams
has been awarded twice by Springfield College, first for her Bachelor’s Project entitled
“Homeless in Houston: The Work of the Bread of Life Ministry” in 2010 and the newly created
subject matter being presented entitled “Creating a Staff Facilitated Peer Support for In-Prison
Gang Renouncement Candidates” in 2017. Please welcome her as a true change agent for the
betterment of society for all people.

Veterans issues have been in the news since WWII Veterans returned home, isolated
themselves and some formed the basis for Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs/Gangs. Today, those who
were called to serve, answer the call in Law Enforcement and many other noble careers. Some,
however suffer the toils of war and combat until death. Few, turn to criminal activity. Being
well trained and well armed poses inherent risks to an unwitting and ill-prepared community.
Adding to this, issues such as TBI and PTSD, complicate matters further. This presentation is
designed to prepare law enforcement and the community with awareness of Veterans issues that
may affect us all in some way. With current models of Crisis Intervention Teams, this
presentation will expose attendees to a variety of issues, concerns, and answers.

Bio

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

Headline: “White nationalism on the rise in the United States!” That’s only a fraction of
the whole story. Gang specialists need to attend this session to learn what is happening with
regard to nationalism on a worldwide scale. The instructor describes the global expansion of
nationalistic pride and its affect on various countries’ politics, economies, and peoples on every
continent. Maps, pictures, and videos are used to demonstrate the extent of the problem and
how it is reaching into the daily lives of citizens, formal political parties and their agendas, as
well as street gangs and hate/extremist groups. The definitional distinction is clarified between
nationalism, socialism, national socialism, communism, and fascism.

Bio

D. Lee Gilbertson teaches at Saint Cloud State University as a professor in the
Department of Criminal Justice. He has studied gangs since 1995 and has presented research
papers at numerous national and international conferences. Lee has participated in every
iteration of the NGCRC gang school since it began, often bringing undergraduate and graduate
students with him. He is a 2002 and 2005 recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award and
is a reviewing editor of the Journal of Gang Research. Lee has collaborated on a professional
level with several criminal justice agencies in Minnesota. His background in spatio-temporal
analysis includes 15 years of military service as an infantry officer and as a signals intelligence
analyst. Before returning to college, Lee worked briefly as a defense contractor instructing all-source intelligence collection asset management on a computer system that greatly utilized
mapping techniques.

Participants will learn how to extract distinct characteristics from various graffiti tags for
investigative purposes: comparison analysis, interview/interrogation sessions, expert testimonies
and evidences, and search warrants. This is part two of a two part course sequence.

This presentation will demonstrate how a multi-tiered approach to juvenile gang
management can be effective. The NJ JJC Gang Management Unit will discuss the many
different components of the unit and their functions. We will describe the function of the role of
executive management, direct management, community outreach as well as aftercare. Deputy
Executive Director Felix Mickens will cover the overview of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice
Commission, followed by an explanation of direct management in this process by Allen Mitchell
(JJC Gang Management coordinator). Then we will explain the importance of resident involved
aftercare by Director Edwin Lee (Juvenile Parole), ending with an explanation of community
involvement in prevention and intervention efforts by Dominick Cicala (Southern Region/Gang
Community Outreach Coordinator).

Bios

Felix Mickens is the Deputy Executive Director of Operations for the New Jersey
Juvenile Justice Commission. Mr. Mickens is directly responsible for the daily operations
within the secure care facilities within the JJC. He is also responsible for management of the
JJC gang management unit. Mr. Mickens is a graduate of Rutgers University, majoring in
Administration of Justice and minoring in sociology.

Edwin Lee is the director of New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission Juvenile Parole
and Transitional Services. Edwin Lee, Jr. Was appointed as Director of Juvenile Parole &
Transitional Services in April 2013. In this position, he oversees the JJC’s juvenile parole
efforts and community reentry services throughout the state. Director Lee has been an integral
part in the development of aftercare planning for the gang involved residents of the JJC. Mr.
Lee is a graduate of the College of New Jersey, majoring in Law and Justice with a minor in
sociology.

Allen Mitchell is the coordinator for the NJ JJC Gang Management Unit. He is
responsible for the day to day coordination of the GMU. Mr. Michell is a 20 year veteran of the
JJC. He holds a B.S.in Administration of Justice from Rutgers with a minor in sociology. He is
currently pursuing a Masters of Divinity from New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

Dominick Cicala is the Souther regional community outreach coordinator. Mr. Cicala is
a 20 year veteran of the unit and is primarily responsible for all southern region community
outreach. Mr. Cicala has presented gang awareness/Phoenix curriculum trainings throughout the
New Jersey area. Mr. Cicala has worked closely with Cumberland County over the past five
years with the implementation of the Phoenix curriculum in the Cumberland County elementary
and middle schools.

“Her Time” was created in response to a visible involvement of young women in gangs
and organized crime. There is a lack of education and access to resources for females involved
in, or vulnerable to gangs. This anti-gang initiative focuses on females entangled in the gang
lifestyle and provides them with information on the dangers posed by gangs. Women are
provided with access to resources and exiting tools. “Her Time” was started by Detective Anisha
Parhar and Detective Sandy Avelar, both active gang rime detectives and partners on the
frontline. Anisha and Sandy present with women who have successfully exited lives in organized
crime, their experiences and stories assist young girls and women who may be exposed to gangs.
Their program is in demand in law enforcement agencies, colleges, high schools, public health
agencies, and the social services. This is the only female led, female focused program of its kind
in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. Currently the extent of the role that women play within
gangs in unknown in B.C. and Canada. Recent trends in B.C. have seen several females caught
in the crossfire of gang violence, being gunned down in brazen shootings, seriously injured in
violent attacks, or losing their lives to drug addiction. Detectives Avelar and Parhar may bring
one or more former organized crime “wives” to the session.

Bios

Detective Sandy Avelar has served for over 20 years with the Vancouver Police
Department, including tours in Vice and the Organized Crime Section Gang Crime Unit. She
has extensive operational experience and serves as a Tactical Advisor for her agency. Sandy has
devoted the majority of her career to youth and gang work and sits on the board of directors for
the Boys Club Network. She is in graduate school, focusing on girls and gangs. Sandy is the co-founder of “Her Time”, an anti-gang initiative for females.

Detective Anisha Parhar is in her ninth year with the Vancouver Police Department.
Anisha is currently working within the Organized Crime Section Gang Crime Unit and is
actively involved in anti-gang initiatives. Prior to policing, Anisha worked for the Combined
Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia, within the Covert Intelligence Section.
Within the covert intelligence position, Anisha was exposed to multi-million dollar organized
crime files that reached national, cross border and international levels. She has since focused
her career on Organized Crime and Intelligence. Anisha is the co-founder of “Her Time”, an
anti-gang initiative for females.

(51) “The Need for Insider Research: The Opportunities and Challenges of Doing
Research Within Your Own Agency”, by Keiron McConnell, Kwantlen Polytechnic
University, Faculty of Arts, Professor of Criminology, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

This session will explore the challenges, both practical ad ethical with conducting
research projects from within the studied group. This session will briefly explain qualitative and
quantitative methods that can be drawn upon for research design. Moreover, the session will
encourage participants to engage in work related research projects that are robust and
defendable. This session will further discuss the current research by the presenter which as
serving as a gang police officer interviewed 17 stakeholders, including 5 “former” gang
members, 245 hours of field observations with gang units in Canada, United States and the U.K.,
and a content analysis of newspapers. This session will be of value to professionals considering
research from their own agencies, perhaps as a way to satisfy a Ph.D. dissertation project, and
certainly to any graduate or undergraduate students involved in gang research.

Bio

Keiron holds a Doctorate Degree in Policing, Security and Community Safety from
Metropolitan London University, a Masters of Science Degree in Policing and Public Order
Studies from the University of Leicester, a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the Open
University of British Columbia, a Diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University and
a Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from Royal Roads University. This academic
achievement come with 29 years of operational experience with the last 15 years exclusively in
gang suppression with a variety of police gang units. Keiron has provided consulting services
that included the Royal Saudi Arabian Police and the Peoples Republic of China Police. He has
instructed at the JIBC-Police Academy for three years in Professional Patrol Tactics and
continues as a guest lecturer. In addition, he is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University where he teaches Organized Crime. He is a regular guest instructor for the policing
program at Simon Fraser University and is the author of the textbook “Legal and Regulatory
Influences for Public Safety Communications”.

Because of the strong migration flows between the U.S. and Central America, the links
between the gangs in some Central American countries and the United States have been
reinforced. Consequently, these gangs pose a serious threat to the stability of the region,
including the United States. The purposes of this session are to examine the nature and extent of
the activities of the gangs, their root causes, their links to gangs in the United States, policies and
programs in Central America to deal with the gangs, and United States’ attempts to address the
gang problems in Central America.

Bio

Janice Joseph, Ph.D. is a professor of the Criminal Justice Program at Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey. She is the Editor for Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. She
earned her Ph.D. degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the
book: Black Youths, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice; and she co-edited the book With Justice
for All: Minorities and Women in Criminal Justice; and she has published numerous articles on
delinquency, gangs, violence against women, and minorities and crime. She has earned a
Frederic Thrasher Award for her research on gangs and has successfully completed several gang
specialist training programs at the National Gang Crime Research Center.

This class is part 2 of a 2 part series. Participants learn about criminological research
and theories that established the practical application of crime mapping and profiling. Three
profiling models will be expounded: psychological profiling, geographic offender profiling, and
spatio-temporal crime profiling. Methodological, ethical, and legal issues associated with the
use of crime mapping will also be discussed. See the other two parts of this 3 part series.

Bios

D. Lee Gilbertson teaches at Saint Cloud State University. He has studied gangs since
1995 and has presented research papers at numerous national and international conferences. Lee
has participated in every iteration of the NGCRC gang school since it began, often bringing
undergraduate and graduate students with him. He is a 2002 and 2005 recipient of the Frederic
Milton Thrasher Award and is a reviewing editor of the Journal of Gang Research. Lee has
collaborated on a professional level with several criminal justice agencies in Minnesota. His
background in spatio-temporal analysis includes 15 years of military service as an infantry
officer and as a signals intelligence analyst. Before returning to college, Lee worked briefly as a
defense contractor instructing all-source intelligence collection asset management on a computer
system that greatly utilized mapping techniques.

Kristopher B.E.Hansgen is a graduate student at Saint Cloud State University in the
Master of Science criminal justice program. He is an NGCRC certified gang specialist (2012)
and has previously assisted teaching the Spatio-Temporal Gang Analysis classes at the NGCRC
“Gang College”. His background includes a B.A. degree from Saint Cloud State University,
where he double-majored in Criminal Justice and Psychology and minored in Forensic Science.
Kris wrote two final academic research papers. He is employed in the Public Safety Department
at Saint Cloud State University as a Patrol Operations Officer and Dispatch Officer. Kris has
studied crime analysis and crime mapping since 2010, and is a member of the International
Association of Crime Analysts.

The opioid epidemic still rages in the United States. The Center for Disease Control
states that 70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2017. Drug overdose
deaths are killing more victims than firearms and even traffic accidents n some states. This
presentation traces the history and origins of opiates. How opiates are acquired, and what new
patterns of abuse are being observed. Drug trafficking patterns including an increasing usage of
fentanyl are also examined.

Bios

Dr. Gregg W. Etter Sr., Ed.D. is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of
Central Missouri. He retired as a Lieutenant with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office after
serving from 1977 to 2006. He is rated as a gang expert by the National Gang Crime Research
Center. He has written extensively and presented classes on gangs, white supremacist groups
and police management topics in the United States and Canada. Dr. Etter earned his Bachelor’s
and Master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Doctorate degree from Oklahoma
State University. Dr. Etter is the author of numerous books, book chapters, edited and refereed
articles. His latest book is: Gangs and Organized Crime which he authored with Dr. George W.
Knox and Dr. Carter F. Smith.

Stacia N. Pottorff, earned her Bachelors of Science degree with honors in Criminal
Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is currently a graduate student working on her
Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is employed as an
analyst at the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She was a recipient of several UCM
Undergraduate Research Grants.

(55) “A New Prosecution Leadership Model in Anti-Gang Efforts: A Discussion of the
Utah Gang Initiative”, by Stephen L. Nelson, Assistant United States Attorney and Anti-Gang
Coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT;
and Stewart M. Young, Assistant States Attorney and Senior Litigation Counsel for the United
States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

For years, traditional gang prosecution models have focused on building cases against
criminal enterprises and indicting street gangs for federal offenses such as RICO and VCAR,
which can take years to effectively investigate and prosecute. In an effort to have a more
strategic and intelligence-driven response to trends in gang crime, build partnerships with law
enforcement agencies, and improve community and officer safety, the United States Attorney’s
Office for the District of Utah recently announced the Utah Gang Initiative. Under this
Initiative, the District of Utah is focusing its anti-gang efforts on federal offenses that target gang
crime in our community: firearm possession by restricted persons, drug trafficking, Hobbs Act
robberies, 924( c ) offenses, assaults on federal officers, and immigration violations. This
segment will describe and highlight some of the details, benefits, and accomplishments of this
Initiative and explain how this Initiative can be introduced and implemented in other
jurisdictions.

Bios

Steve Nelson is an Assistant United States Attorney and currently serves as the Anti-Gang Coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. Steve has
been prosecuting (at both the federal and state levels) adult and juvenile gang members in Utah
for over 13 years. In 2008, Steve was named the Utah Gang Investigators Association Gang
Prosecutor of the year; in 2012, Steve was awarded the 2012 Salt Lake County District
Attorney’s Award for Superior Performance as a Litigative Team for his work on a gang-related
federal RICO trial. Steve earned his J.D. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) from the University of Utah.
He also serves as an Associate Instructor of Political Science at the University of Utah, and has
taught over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students in his teaching career.

Stewart M. Young is an Assistant United States Attorney and currently serves as Senior
Litigation Counsel for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. He previously served
in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. He earned his J.D. from
Stanford University, clerked for judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal
District Court for the District of Utah, and was a full-time faculty member at the University of
Wyoming College of Law.

Participants will learn more about the healing and transformation process of tattooing.
Our program is dedicated to helping people who are tattooed, scarred, branded and/or burnt from
negative experiences to transform those marks into art pieces that celebrate one’s individuality.
The experience empowers the individual in their own terms who they are inside. It is our goal
for those marks to be converted into a source of daily inspiration to maintain sobriety, to be
committed to the welfare and betterment of children, family, community and self. Our
organization believes that transformative tattoos will provide a historically qualified link to
spirituality and culture and gives the individual a new rite of passage.

Bio

Eric Dean Spruth is a trained artist, graduating from the school of the Art Institute of
Chicago with an undergraduate degree in fine art with a minor in psychology and philosophy,
and a Master’s degree in art therapy. He has served as a professor at the Adler School of
Professional Psychology Art Therapy program. An expressive art therapist with the Cook
County Bureau of Health & Mental Health Services/Cermak Health at the Cook County Jail. A
victim advocate at the Cook County’s Victim Witness Program. Spruth has a private practice in
Chicago as well as the founder of Sacred Transformations. His efforts have been featured and
recognized by many forms of media.

Note on scheduling: This will be held on Monday, August 5th at noon time.

Abstract

This is a special reception for vets only. It is held after the “Law Enforcement and
Corrections” reception. The purpose is to express appreciation to veterans for their service in
the defense of freedom. If you are a vet, come and attend, find a warm, friendly environment.
Door prizes. Great chances to network and mingle. Learn something new, meet somebody new.
Sponsored by the NGCRC staff, you will feel appreciated here.

Bios

These men are long time staff of the NGCRC, and are well known for their gang
expertise. Todd is also a psychologist whose practice is with vets through the VA. Fred is an
investigator with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Lee is a vet who still fits into his
issued uniform and teaches gang mapping technology, among other topics.

Session Credits: Gang Problems in K-12 Schools; Gang and Violence Prevention for
School Administrators; Dealing With Gang Members in Probation/Parole; Dealing With Gangs
in Juvenile Correctional Facilities.

Abstract

This Emergency Management Institute course from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) covers the essential components of active shooter incidents for schools,
community organizations, public/private events, and public spaces. At the end of the course,
participants should be able to: (1) describe actions to take when confronted with an active
shooter and responding law enforcement officials, (2) recognize potential workplace violence
indicators, (3) describe actions to take to prevent and prepare for potential active shooter
incidents, and (4) describe how to manage the consequences of an active shooter incident.
School administrators, workplace and event managers, community leaders, organizational
leaders, and security personnel all benefit from this training, as do local volunteers and activists.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

(59) “Using Google-Alerts and How to Use Them for Investigative and Research
Purposes”, by Kenneth Davis, Detective, Yonkers Police Department, Gang/Narcotics Unit,
Yonkers, NY.

Participants will learn the purpose of Google-alerts and how to activate them for gang
research and investigative purposes. The instructor will demonstrate how to use them for
purposes of gang research and for investigative assignments as a graffiti and gang specialist.

(60) “Understanding the Relationship Between the Individual, Their Attitudes, Gang
Membership, and Desistance from Crime”, by Dr. Sally-Ann Ashton, Postgrad Researcher,
International Centre for Investigative Psychology, University of Huddersfield, England.

This presentation will use different research methods to explore the relationship between
young people and gangs. Firstly, it will summarize research into the offending frequencies for
current, prior and non-gang affiliated offenders using longitudinal data from the US Pathways to
Desistence Study. This found that although gang leavers continued to offend, they had
significantly different attitudes and scored lower on negative psychological traits than those who
remained. Second, it will consider how young people view themselves by a narrative analysis of
at-risk young people taking part in a UK gang intervention. The findings suggest that future
interventions should consider broader social and psychological risks, rather than gang
membership per se, to assess an individual’s risk of recidivism. This session will help those who
work with youth gang members to identify those individuals who would be more open to
attitudinal changes, including respect for the law, within programmes.

Bio

Sally-Ann Ashton is a postgraduate researcher in the International Centre for
Investigative Psychology at University of Huddersfield and a Lecturer in Psychosocial Analysis
of Offending Behavior at Edge Hill University. In 2017 she was a recipient of a Frederic Milton
Thrasher Award for superior accomplishments in gang research. Sally-Ann has over 10 years of
experience running training workshops in English prisons. The presentation is co-authored with
Dr. Maria Ioannou, a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Reader in Investigative Psychology
and Course Director for the Msc in Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield.

Maria has been involved in the assessment of intervention programmes for reducing/preventing a
range of different forms of criminality. And Dr. Laura Hammond, Senior Lecturer and Assistant
Course Director for the M.S.c. at Huddersfield and who has worked with academic groups, and
law enforcement agencies around the world on a range of consultancy and criminal legal cases.

Dr. Keiron McConnell, a police officer and academic, will facilitate this presentation on
the gang prevention and intervention program, “Yo Bro” being offered in the Lower Mainland of
British Columbia, Canada. While there are many successful gang prevention & intervention
programs, this program is unique in that it is a collaboration between a serving Vancouver Police
constable and a former member of the Hells Angels. These two dynamic speakers will tell their
story of being on opposite sides of the law, and the tragic intersection of their lives on one
fateful evening in Vancouver in a fight over a loaded handgun.

These two men will share how they have partnered to prevent youth from making poor
choices and engaging in gangs and destructive behavior. They will also provide insight into how
they have grown “Yo Bro” into “Yo Girl”, and have successfully taken inner city youth on an
expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro and another expedition to Patagonia, Chile. This program has
assisted at risk youth in making better choices, and several have graduated, some have gone on
to enter university life, and some have even joined police agencies. The speakers will be
available to answer questions.

Bio

Keiron holds a Doctorate Degree in Policing, Security and Community Safety from
Metropolitan London University, a Masters of Science Degree in Policing and Public Order
Studies from the University of Leicester, a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the Open
University of British Columbia, a Diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University and
a Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from Royal Roads University. This academic
achievement come with 29 years of operational experience with the last 15 years exclusively in
gang suppression with a variety of police gang units. Keiron has provided consulting services
that included the Royal Saudi Arabian Police and the Peoples Republic of China Police. He has
instructed at the JIBC-Police Academy for three years in Professional Patrol Tactics and
continues as a guest lecturer. In addition, he is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University where he teaches Organized Crime. He is a regular guest instructor for the policing
program at Simon Fraser University and is the author of the textbook “Legal and Regulatory
Influences for Public Safety Communications”.

Building on the foundation of IAFIS, the NGI brought the FBI’s biometric identification
services and criminal history information to the next level. The NGI system improved the
efficiency and accuracy of biometric services to address evolving local, state, tribal, federal,
national, and international criminal justice requirements. With the Next Generation
Identification (NGI) system, attendees will learn current and emerging biometric modalities
available to law enforcement to assist in investigative and operational procedures such as the
national Rap Back service; the Interstate Photo System; text based searches for images of scars,
marks, and tattoos; fingerprint verification services; more complete and accurate identity
records; and enhancement to the biometric identification repository.

Bio

Mr. Scarbro has been with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for thirty-five years,
serving in a program management capacity for a majority of that time. He currently serves as the
Unit Chief for the FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS), Biometric
Services Section (BSS), Customer Support Unit. He is responsible for all customer service
outreach associated with the various FBI BSS person-centric services. He formally served as the
Unit Chief for the FBI, Uniform Crime Reporting Program and as Program Manager for the
development of the FBI CJIS Division advisory policy process.

This presentation will be a case study in the use of social media evidence to develop a
gang conspiracy prosecution. Using a recent Westchester County gang conspiracy case, this
presentation will provide the blueprint for how evidence developed from social media led to a
conspiracy to commit murder indictment against a violent street gang. Evidence such as
Facebook photographs, graphics, text exchanges, private group chats and audio clips were used
to prove the Gang’s agreement to murder rivals. This presentation would be appropriate for
prosecutors and gang investigators.

Bio

Jean L. Prisco is the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Gangs, Firearms and Narcotics Bureau
of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, who has extensive experience in
prosecuting violent crimes relating to street gang. She has worked in the Westchester County
District Attorney’s office for over 15 years. Prior to that, she worked as a litigation associate at
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City and is a graduate of St. John’s Law School
and the University of Albany.

(64) “Why People Quit Gangs: A Brown Bag Open Discussion”, by Dr. Barry S. McCrary,
Ed.D., Associate Professor, School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, Western
Illinois University, Macomb, IL.

Note: To be held 12pm-12:55pm Monday, August 5, 2019; Must sign up in advance for
this session. Requires a ticket to attend. Tickets available on a first come, first served basis.

Abstract

This session explores the reasons why people quit gangs and the discussion is focused at
exploiting these factors and conditions for the sole purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of
tertiary-level gang prevention efforts. A number of programs have surfaced over the years
designed to help people quit gang life. There are prison-based programs. There are programs
focused on motorcycle gang members and hate/extremist groups. Bring your own brown bag or
have one of our sandwiches and a pop in this special networking opportuniy.

Bio

Dr. McCrary is currently an associate professor at Western Illinois University (WIU)
teaching in the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. Prior to WIU he worked
for Juvenile Court and in the field of juvenile justice in Pittsburgh, PA, for over twenty years.
Dr. McCrary worked as a program supervisor, where he was responsible for counseling,
designing, implementing and monitoring a progressive treatment program. Other
responsibilities include supervision of the probation officers, probation counselors, and drug and
alcohol counselors. His responsibilities also include parent training, life skill training, and
research in the area of criminal behavior. He is also the founder of Maleness to Manhood Inc, a
non profit, faith based organization. The purpose of this organization is to improve the
educational and social developmental needs of inner-city youth by promoting the importance of
an education and designing, implementing and developing progressive programming for urban
youth, particularly African American males.

(65) “Gangs and Gang Violence in Britain”, by Janice Joseph, Ph.D., Criminal Justice
Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey.

The number of gangs in Britain has increased tremendously over the years. Today, there
are several criminal gangs in Britain including the Yardies, Nigerian gangs, Asian gangs, and
Muslim gangs. The presence of these gangs has caused a tremendous increase in violence. This
presentation examines the nature and extent of gang violence in Britain and attempts to control
it.

Bio

Janice Joseph, Ph.D. is a professor of the Criminal Justice Program at Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey. She is the Editor for Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. She
earned her Ph.D. degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the
book: Black Youths, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice; and she co-edited the book With Justice
for All: Minorities and Women in Criminal Justice; and she has published numerous articles on
delinquency, gangs, violence against women, and minorities and crime. She has earned a
Frederic Thrasher Award for her research on gangs and has successfully completed several gang
specialist training programs at the National Gang Crime Research Center.

This session reviews what is needed and how to do it in order to share your knowledge of
gangs and experiences with other professionals. The basics are covered: identifying a topic and
forming questions, layout and content, and citing sources. The goal is to encourage Gang
College 2018 attendees to compose either a professional manuscript or a “gang news” story and
thereby gain a publication citation of their own. Attendees will learn how to develop and submit
a professional article for submission for publication consideration to the NGCRC’s Journal of
Gang Research, or if desired, to compose a shorter manuscript for submission to the NGCRC’s
The Gang Specialist newsletter. In-class discussion is used to stimulate ideas for articles (e.g.,
best practices, overcoming worst-case scenarios, new approaches to old problems, etc).

Bio

D. Lee Gilbertson teaches at Saint Cloud State University as a professor in the
Department of Criminal Justice. He has studied gangs since 1995 and has presented research
papers at numerous national and international conferences. Lee has participated in every
iteration of the NGCRC gang school since it began, often bringing undergraduate and graduate
students with him. He is a 2002 and 2005 recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award and
is a reviewing editor of the Journal of Gang Research. Lee has collaborated on a professional
level with several criminal justice agencies in Minnesota. His background in spatio-temporal
analysis includes 15 years of military service as an infantry officer and as a signals intelligence
analyst. Before returning to college, Lee worked briefly as a defense contractor instructing all-source intelligence collection asset management on a computer system that greatly utilized
mapping techniques.

11:21 A.M. April 20, 1999. Two teenagers, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, open fire at
Columbine High School. If you were the first person to be faced with this crisis, what would you
do? With all of the historical and current crises facing the world, can you honestly say that you
feel prepared to be the first responder?

This presentation is targeted at anyone interested in learning what to do in the initial
phase of a crisis. Why is this important? In 95% of all emergencies, bystanders or victims
themselves are the first to arrive at the scene of a crisis. Therefore, it is essential that the
responder be knowledgeable about common questions, dilemmas, and demands that may be
asked of him or her. This knowledge, along with specific techniques for successful crisis
negotiation and an awareness of exactly what should be avoided in a crisis, can save lives. These
concepts and more will be addressed in this interactive and practical presentation. The
overarching goal of this seminar is to teach any individual how to be a successful first responder
to a crisis and ultimately help to prevent tragedies such as Columbine, which resulted tragically
in the death of twelve students and one teacher before the gunmen took their own lives.

Bio

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 10 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

Session credits: Dealing With Gang Members in Juvenile Correctional Facilities; Dealing
With Gang Members in Probation/Parole; Gang Problems in K-12 Schools.

Abstract

Participants will learn how to identify crisis situations and how they develop. Participants
will develop an understanding of the need to remain calm. Participants will learn the three types
of communication which are non-verbal, para-verbal and verbal. Participants will learn the
importance of communication in the management of an incident. Participants will be able to
identify the aspects of personal space. Participants will learn the importance of how kinesics
can escalate or de-escalate a crisis. Participants will learn why it is important to start de-escalation as soon as you meet a new arrival. Participants will learn the importance of
restoration before a crisis and after a crisis. Participants will understand the importance of
staying calm and answering with a positive response. Participants will learn about the three
types of personal interaction/supervision styles which are “uninvolved”, “reactive”, and
“initiating”.

Bio

Proudly served in the United States Navy, currently a Training Administrator for the
State of Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. Worked at the Cheltenham Youth Facility
as a Youth Supervisor up a Unit Manager of a living cottage for 13 years. Supervised the Prince
George’s County Evening Reporting Center which utilizes the “Cook County” model which is a
detention alternative for 7 years. Certified Instructor with the Maryland and Police Training
Commission since 1996. Certified as an Instructor in Crisis Prevention and Management,
Suicide Prevention and Education, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse Neglect, Domestic
Minor Sex Trafficking, Verbal De-Escalation, First Aid/CPR/AED, Prison Rape Elimination
Act, Gang (Youth) Awareness, Youth Mental Health First Aid, Safety & Security, Report
Writing, Driver Improvement. Received Instructor of the Year for 2011.

This presentation will conduct a survey of assassinations and targeted killings of law
enforcement members by criminal organizations within the Northern Triangle region and El
Salvador. From 2015 to date, over seventy-two (72) officers and ten (10) LE family members
have been targeted in ambush style attacks resulting in death, primarily when off-duty and alone.
The two primary transnational organized crime groups or gangs responsible for these killings are
the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 organizations. These gangs are also engaged in
historical competition over territory and economic control of extortion rackets, kidnapping, and
narcotics sales. An overview will be provided of the current threat situation, national response,
and programmatic initiatives aimed at addressing this problem.

Bio

Aaron Cunningham is a 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, currently
assigned to the CPIC Fusion Center. Aaron is a highly decorated officer with extensive gang
experience and past assignments to PSN Task Force, Area Gun Team, Intelligence Officer, and
Tactical Team member. Aaron is also an internationalist having dedicated himself to organizing
large National level Counterterrorism and C4ISR training events in North Asia. He is currently
involved in training projects for the El Salvador Policia National Civil (PNC).

(70) “An Analysis of Gangs and Organized Crime in Jamaica", by Tarik Weekes, Institute of
Criminal Justice and Security, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.

In this session, attendees will learn about crime displacement in the context of gangs and
organized crime in Jamaica with a focus on the period after Dudas extradition. Christopher
“Dudas” Coke was a known political strongman and drug kingpin. More than 70 people were
killed in May, 2010 during confrontations between his heavily armed supporters and the security
forces. He was eventually extradited to the USA in 2010. This session examines Jamaica’s gang
problems from 2016 to present and provides findings based on an analysis of interviews and
administrative crime data.

Bio

Tarik Weekes is a published author and presently a Research Fellow in the Institute of
Criminal Justice and Security at the University of the West Indies. Weekes’ primary area of
interest is the study of state response to criminal gangs and gang-related homicide. He has been
involved in violence prevention for the last 10 years and is one of the first researchers in Jamaica
to apply spatial tools to the understanding of conflict group locations. He has worked in
research projects that try to understand connections between youth and organized crime,
community safety planning and violence prevention and is currently one of six lead researchers
in the project Community Voices and Initiatives for Building Safer Places in Jamaica, Columbia,
Honduras, Guatamala, El Salvador, and Mexico.

You are an expert in your field. How do you pass that knowledge to others? This session
examines how an academic or criminal justice practitioner can share their knowledge of the
gang field by publishing articles in the criminal justice and law enforcement literature.
Selecting a subject, formatting, cover letters, and publishing venue are covered. What is the
difference between a trade magazine, an edited journal or a refereed journal? How do you write
a book proposal?

Bio

Dr. Gregg W. Etter Sr., Ed.D. is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of
Central Missouri. He retired as a Lieutenant with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in
Wichita, Kansas, after serving from 1977 to 2006. He is rated as a gang expert by th National
Gang Crime Research Center. He has written extensively and presented classes on gangs, white
supremacist groups and police management topics in the United States and Canada. Dr. Etter
earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Doctorate
Degree from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Etter is the author of numerous books, book
chapters, edited and refereed articles. His latest book is: Gangs and Organized Crime which he
authored with Dr. George W. Knox and Dr. Carter F. Smith.

Violent hybrid gangs are nothing new to small towns in Iowa. The Waterloo Police
Department and the Cedar Rapids Police Department both have “Gang Units” that are involved
with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. This class will seek to show that in a contextual sense that
small towns throughout the Midwest are seeing the same issues that large cities are seeing. We
will question if Zero Tolerance is really working, and can the police really stop gangs without
the communities buy in.

Bios

Task Force Officer Eddie Savage is an 12 year member of the Waterloo Police
Department. He graduated from the Cook County Police Academy in September 1992 and the
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in 2007. He spent 3.5 years on the Violent Crimes
Apprehension Team. He is currently assigned to the FBI Waterloo Safe Streets Task Force. He
teaches at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy at Hawkeye Community College. He conducts
gang talks to various community organizations throughout the city of Waterloo. He has earned
two gang specialist certificates from the NGCRC and is the Vice President of the Iowa Chapter
of the Midwest Gang Investigators Association.

Lucas Liddle has been a police officer with the Cedar Rapids Police Department since
2006. He is currently assigned to the Special Operations Division with a position in the Police
Community Action Team as well as a ballistic shield operator with the Special Response Team.
He has been active with the Police Community Action Team since its creation in 2016. He has
studied gangs and intelligence analysis since 2009. Officer Liddle has earned 2 Gang Specialist
certifications from the National Gang Crime Research Center.

The instructor will give an overview of one of his past street gang investigations.
Initiated two search warrants, at separate locations. This investigation led to the arrest of 11
gang members, from two separate gangs, and burglary ring.

There is a great deal of sexual violence and exploitation happening in gangs, this session
will cover current trends of gangs sexually exploiting youth and an individual’s loss of consent
by association. Moreover, this session will cover the overlap of gang affected youth and
sexually exploited youth. This session will also aim to provide skills and tools on working with
trafficked youth. It will discuss how to collaborate with non-mandated reporters and
confidential advocates, gang’s roles in trafficking, and programs used to support and combat
trafficking.

Bio

Christina Barboza is a Juvenile Counselor at the Washington County Juvenile
Department in Hillsboro, Oregon. Christina studied Spanish, Psychology and Social Work at
Pacific University, earning degrees in2008. Christina has worked with gang affected youth for
14 years and has been supervising youth who have been sexually exploited for 8 years. Christina
is a member of the Oregon anti-human Trafficking Task Force and has previously chaired the
Washington County Subcommittee on CSEC. Christina also serves on the OATH leadership
team (Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans). Christina is currently serving as the Board
President for Love INC, an NGO that provides resources and community support for the North
Marion County area in Oregon. Christina has been recognized by local and state leaders for her
efforts in raising awareness in the area of human trafficking.

In this presentation the audience will learn about the structure of policing in Canada and
the impact this has on Gangs, Guns, and Drugs. This presentation will include a discussion on
the impact that Canada has in its law enforcement and policies on the U.S. with a focus on the
importation of marijuana into the U.S. and the exportation of guns and cocaine into Canada from
the U.S.

Bio

Keiron holds a Doctorate Degree in Policing, Security and Community Safety from
Metropolitan London University, a Masters of Science Degree in Policing and Public Order
Studies from the University of Leicester, a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the Open
University of British Columbia, a Diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University and
a Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from Royal Roads University. This academic
achievement come with 29 years of operational experience with the last 15 years exclusively in
gang suppression with a variety of police gang units. Keiron has provided consulting services
that included the Royal Saudi Arabian Police and the Peoples Republic of China Police. He has
instructed at the JIBC-Police Academy for three years in Professional Patrol Tactics and
continues as a guest lecturer. In addition, he is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University where he teaches Organized Crime. He is a regular guest instructor for the policing
program at Simon Fraser University and is the author of the textbook “Legal and Regulatory
Influences for Public Safety Communications”.

In recent years there has been a clear move to control, organize, and police, the
motorcycle gangs (OMCG). This session will add to the body of knowledge, identify areas for
growth in the policing of OMCG, and provide for some introduction to the alternative
approaches taken in partner jurisdictions. With this in mind the session provides for an
explanation of three jurisdictional approaches to tackling the continued position of the OMCG.
We will look at the use of RICO laws in the US, and compare this to the VLAD laws in
Australia, and the UK where the OMCG members are views as individual offenders - for the
purpose of prosecution.

Bio

Andy Bain is Director of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Mount Union,
Ohio, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Offender Behavior, a Msc. Criminal Justice and a Graduate
Diploma in Psychology. Andy has authored, and edited numerous books, chapters, and articles,
on the outlaw motorcycle gangs; law enforcement and technology; and, professional risk
working with mental health, social care, and criminal justice, publishing with a number of
leading international academic and professional journals. His professional background includes
four years with the National Probation Service (England & Wales) and six years running a
successful Criminal Justice Consultancy Group, providing guidance and advice to law
enforcement agencies and correctional bodies. This, in turn led to the publication of a number
of local and national policing and corrections reports.

For two generations the pathologies of bullying behavior have been mutating from their
traditional, in-person behaviors into more insidious and pervasive online bullying or
cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a powerful, virulent form of bullying, which when conjoined
with aspects of traditional bullying, allows bullies to practice their malevolent behaviors against
their victims on a continuous basis. Since bullying and intimidation have been key aspects of
gang culture, cyberbullying is a new, fertile ground for gang manipulation and provocation.
Thriving in this environment are more sophisticated and insidious methods of targeting and
victimizing vulnerable individuals. At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
describe the differences in traditional bullying and online bullying and the synergy they create;
recognize some of the key dangers of internet-based bullying, with emphasis on gang
manipulation of the individual and provocation to dangerous acts; name the key online portals
being exploited by gangs for bullying and manipulation; identify quickly and correctly the
hierarchy of risk factors; identify quickly and correctly the most effective protective factors;
create a basic plan for dealing with cyberbullying and manipulation that includes schools, law
enforcement, social institutions, parents, and policy makers.

Bio

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

Evidence suggests that community perceptions of procedural justice have a significant
impact on citizen’s willingness to obey the law and crime rates. This session will discuss the
ways in which law enforcement and other legal authorities can incorporate procedural justice
into multiple aspects of their routine contacts with at-risk and gang-involved youth. At the end of
this session, participants should be able to: (1) identify and understand the core principles of
procedural justice, (2) become familiar with relevant best practices, (3) develop and/or utilize
procedural justice strategies when interacting with the aforementioned populations, and (4)
recognize the potential challenges and opportunities of agency-wide adoption and
implementation of these practices.

Bio

Kenya Tyson, JD is the Associate Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers, the
State University of New Jersey. She specializes in criminal law, restorative justice, crime
prevention, and race and inequality, and has two decades of experience as an educator,
administrator, and criminal justice practitioner. Kenya also served as the Director of Training
and Technical Assistance for Project Safe Neighborhoods, the US Department of Justice’s anti-gang initiative and has consulted on several DOJ projects working with jurisdictions across the
nation on crime prevention and procedural justice initiatives. In addition to teaching and
consulting, she sits on the Board of Directors for the Garden State Bar Association and the
Community Justice Advisory Board for Essex County (NJ) Prosecutor’s Office. Kenya holds a
JD from Delaware Law School, a MA in Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati, and a
BA in Political Science from Winston Salem State University.

(79) “How To Start a New Faith-Based Gang Prevention/Intervention Program in Your
City: Lessons Learned From The Maleness to Manhood Gang Mentoring Initiative”, by Dr.
Barry S. McCrary, Ed.D., Associate Professor, School of Law Enforcement and Justice
Administration, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.

Since 1991, the Maleness to Manhood Mentoring Initiative has worked toward positively
transforming a generation of male youth offenders into models of manhood and responsibility.
In recent years, in many of Pittsburgh’s impoverished communities, continuing high levels of
unemployment, poverty, unsafe living conditions, school failure and inadequate job training,
have created another generation of maladaptive adolescents, whose socioeconomic environment,
produced community destabilizing criminality and violence. To this end, the Maleness to
Manhood Gang Mentoring Initiative evolved from a program operating within juvenile court,
into a Faith-Based initiative in 2002, to remediate, mentor, and transform urban youth into
positive, responsible, and productive young men. The Maleness to Manhood Leadership
Initiative is a comprehensive youth, family and community-based program that provides
intensive mentoring and supportive services for youth to deter negative influences, while guiding
them through a positive transformational model from Maleness to Manhood, and addresses
positive manhood development, life skills, and career aspirations.

Bio

Dr. McCrary is currently an associte professor at Western Illinois University (WIU)
teaching in the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. Prior to WIU he worked
for Juvenile Court and in the field of juvenile justice in Pittsburgh, PA, for over twenty years.
Dr. McCrary worked as a program supervisor, where he was responsible for counseling,
designing, implementing and monitoring a progressive treatment program. Other
responsibilities include supervision of the probation officers, probation counselors, and drug and
alcohol counselors. His responsibilities also include parent training, life skill training, and
research in the area of criminal behavior. He is also the founder of Maleness to Manhood Inc, a
non profit, faith based organization. The purpose of this organization is to improve the
educational and social developmental needs of inner-city youth by promoting the importance of
an education and designing, implementing and developing progressive programming for urban
youth, particularly African American males.

This presentation will discuss a cross-pollination of local, state & federal agencies and
how they can work together to deal with gang member and peripheral “high risk” threat groups
and individuals. Participants will learn strategic planning and professional networking tactics
including: building partnerships with other agencies that extent beyond traditional LEO
boundaries, like victim assistance services, prison reentry programs, etc. A review of positives
and challenges with respect to multi-agency projects with gangs. How these efforts lead to
successful multi-jurisdictional investigations, prosecutions and link with community supervision
and reentry. Participants will have an opportunity to learn skill sets pertaining to grant research.
Engagement, involvement and motivation through effective leadership strategies will be
examined.

Bios

Cathryn Lavery, Ph.D. is the Graduate Coordinator of Criminal Justice & Sociology, Iona
College in New Rochelle, NY. Her research extends from sexual violence, gang behavior and
community corrections. Other areas of published research involve policing & compassion
fatigue and social media & violent crime. Dr. Lavery and Officer Mulcahy have done training
for LEO agencies and in the private sector on sexual harassment/Title IX, cultural sensitivity as
well as leadership training and strategic planning.

David T. Mulcahy, MA is a Probation Specialist and Special Offender Probation Officer
for United States Federal Probation, Southern District of New York. He also serves on the Joint
Firearms Task Force. He is currently an adjunct profession at Iona College and Pace University.
Officer Mulcahy is a recipient of the NGCRC’s Frederic Milton Thrasher Award (2015).

The Sovereign Citizen Movement has its roots in the Posse Comitatus Movement that
began in the 1960's. The Sovereign Citizen movement is an anti-tax, anti-government, group of
extremists who believe that thy are not subject to the law of the United States or any state
government. The group has been involved in various financial fraud schemes, filing of false
liens, and other scams. The Sovereign Citizens have been hostile to law enforcement to the point
of being involved in violence against law enforcement. This presentation examines the history,
violent incidents, and perceived dangers to law enforcement posed by this movement.

Bios

Dr. Gregg W. Etter Sr., Ed.D. is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of
Central Missouri. He retired as a Lieutenant with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office after
serving from 1977 to 2006. He is rated as a gang expert by the National Gang Crime Research
Center. He has written extensively and presented classes on gangs, white supremacist groups
and police management topics in the United States and Canada. Dr. Etter earned his Bachelor’s
and Master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Doctorate degree from Oklahoma
State University. Dr. Etter is the author of numerous books, book chapters, edited and refereed
articles. His latest book is: Gangs and Organized Crime which he authored with Dr. George W.
Knox and Dr. Carter F. Smith.

Stacia N. Pottorff, earned her Bachelors of Science degree with honors in Criminal
Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is currently a graduate student working on her
Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Missouri. She is employed as an
analyst at the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She was a recipient of several UCM
Undergraduate Research Grants.

(82) “Training for Trainers: The Development of Your Own Gang Presentation”, by Todd
D. Negola, Psy.D., Gang Consultant, NGCRC.

Have you ever wished to stand center stage and conduct a gang presentation or training?
Friends, colleagues, community agencies, and collaborating agencies will ask for your opinion
and expertise about gang and crime-related issues as a result of your attendance at the National
Gang Crime Research Center’s Annual Conference. This program is aimed to assist you in
sharing this knowledge by preparing you to create and deliver your very own gang training.

A central mission of the National Gang Crime Research Center is to facilitate the
dissemination of knowledge, research, and awareness to interested parties and to develop
collegial networks. This training is designed to help the audience prepare and deliver a
responsible and professional message in a meaningful and impacting manner. This presentation
will explore the fundamental concepts of subject matter expertise, research outlets, outline
development, use of technology to deliver a message, ethical and professional responsibilities,
maintaining an audience’s attention, and incorporating feedback into future presentations.

Bio:

Todd D. Negola is a clinical/forensic psychologist who has worked with the National
Gang Crime Research Center for over 18 years. He also serves as the Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Gang Investigator’s Association. He has been studying and researching gangs and
criminal mindedness for almost 20 years. He has worked with and studied juvenile and adult
criminal populations, in and out of prison, both at the state and federal levels. He conducts
training and consults with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as public and private
educational institutions, community programs and mental health personnel. He has published
research in the Journal of Gang Research, Addiction and Research, The Journal and co-authored
a chapter in the book, Treating the Juvenile Offender. He has multiple television appearances,
participated in nationally syndicated and local radio programs and has consulted in gang
documentaries. Lastly, he is a recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for Superior
Research and Exemplary Scholarship in the Psychology of Gangs and is a Reviewing Editor for
the National Gang Crime Research Center’s Journal of Gang Research.

(83) “A BriefIntroduction to Some of the Basics of West Coast Graffiti Identification and
Analysis: An Instructional Workshop (Part 3 of a 3 Part Series)”, by Robert Mulvaney,
M.A., Gang Specialist, NGCRC Staff.

This course will not only assist the attendee with recognition skills, it will provide an
opportunity to analyze different scenarios to develop the skills of a graffiti detective! This
session will assist the attendee to understand West Coast graffiti.

Bio

Robert Mulvaney has an extensive background in the Criminal Justice field including
positions as a correctional officer, prison counselor, parole officer and STG specialist. In
addition he has taught numerous Criminal Justice courses as an adjunct faculty member. He has
been a member/coordinator of various research and prevention organizations and has conducted
Gang/STG related training at various levels of local, state and federal government. He has also
written articles for professional correctional organizations as well as the Journal of Gang
Research.

(84) “Governmental Exit Strategies from Street Gangs and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in
Denmark, Europe” by Stine Lukowski, Special Consultant, Master of Science in Social Work,
Municipality of Koege, Denmark.

In 2011, the state of Denmark decided by law that persons who wanted to leave a
harmful or radicalized environment were entitled to receive aid from the government. OMG and
gang environments are perceived as such. That translates into an individually tailored exit
strategy or plan with mandatory participation from the three authorities involved. That means
law enforcement (police) the prison and probation service (jail), and the receiving municipality,
where the exiting member resides (civil society). The session will be about what the gang
situation is like in a country where crime and gangs is an optional way of life, how the
government handles the exit candidates, and how we try to re-socialise and create conditions for
a life without gang related crime. Attend this session to gain inspiration on how to receive a high
success rate, through targeted support in the transition from being in a gang to leaving the gang.
The session is for the ones who likes to get inspired by new methods.

Bio

Stine Lukowski holds a master of science in social work and is working in the
municipality of Koege. Stine is working with crime prevention targeting gangs and outlaw
motorcycle gangs. The goal is to prevent recruiting, motivate existing members to leave the gang
and structuring exit programs for those who choose to do so. Stine is working together with law
enforcement officers and the prison and probation service to help individuals leave the criminal
environment.

Your gang prevention program may be the best in the country, but if you cannot gain
access to schools and students, how do you reach the young people at the center of your vision?
School is the one place where nearly all children will go, and a successful primary gang
prevention program reaches all students, not just troublemakers the teachers all more than happy
to get out of their classrooms. Here’s how to make an effective case to gain access to the
classroom and train a generation to embrace the Gangfree Life®. At the end of the course,
participants should be able to: (1) anticipate and answer the key questions that school boards and
administrators will use to derail you, (2) recognize the importance of presenting a proven
effective, independently evaluated program design, (3) understand the role and effects of the
“messenger” in presenting a gang prevention curriculum, (4) identify the appropriate training,
health requirements, background checks, educational background(s), and cultural relevance
needed, and (5) work with teachers and school staff to build cooperation and positive
engagement. Prospective audience: school administrators, educators, community leaders, policy
makers, organizational leaders, counselors, nonprofit agencies, law enforcement, criminal justice
professionals, local volunteers, and activists.

Bios

Douglas L. Semark, Ph.D.is a nonprofit leader with four decades of experience, including
17 years as Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. Semi-retired, he now serves as Executive to the Board and Chief Learning Officer. He provides gang
and violence prevention professional development for K-12 school counselors; serves in various
advisory capacities; works with various agencies in the areas of violence reduction and
community rebuilding, including Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the
UCLA/Rand Prevention Research Center. He is currently the Director of the Gangfree Life
Academy®.

Juan C. Torres, MPA, is the Executive Director of the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP.
Juan has been working in the non-profit sector for 20 years, 17 of those with GAP. Previously,
Juan held multiple positions while at GAP: Classroom advisor, Case Manager, Associate
Director of Community Clean Up, Director of Administration, and Deputy Director. He works
in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified
School District, local non-profits, law enforcement, and corporations to address gang violence
and prevention throughout Los Angeles County.

Jessica Martinez, MA, is the Director of Gang Prevention Services at the Gang
Alternatives Program (GAP) in Los Angeles. She has worked at GAP for nearly 15 years, where
she began as a My Gangfree Lie Advisor providing students with a classroom based gang
prevention education. She directs GAP’s My Gangfree Life® program for the 2nd, 4th, and 6th
grades in public and private schools, manages the Gangfree Life Advisors® who go out to
schools, and oversees core curriculum development. She maintains close working relationships
with principals (or designees) and teachers, and is responsible for seeing that advisors are in
compliance with all qualifications for classroom admittance. She also monitors GAP’s teen and
parent programs. Jessica is an original and current member of the Freedom Writers of Long
Beach and assists in the active training of teachers who participate in the Freedom Writers
Institute.